METADATA CODE CRACKED

No names or clues to the location are given in this scenario. Three  mature  age  people  in  an Australian supermarket  were  recently  trying to work out  what the  initials  H C B meant on a shopping list  drawn up by one  of  them, who had forgotten what was intended . The  male  in  the group was treated with scorn and told not  to be a fool when  he  helpfully suggested Hoadley’s Crumble Bars, not eaten for many decades .  H C B?  As the  trio shuffled about the aisles they pondered over the  problem of those three letters, H C B ?  The  supermarket’s   specials  sheet  was  consulted, the penny finally dropped : Hot  Cross  Buns .